13 Things about Tango Blast in Houston and Texas

By By William Axford and Dane Schiller

on July 8, 2015 12:48 PM

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13 Things about the Houstone Tango Blast

Houstone Tango Blast has a large presence in Harris County

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety's July 2017 Texas Gang Threat Assessment report, the clique Houstone Tango Blast is the largest gangs operating in Harris County. Other major gangs that are operating in Harris County are various sets of Crips and Bloods, including the 52 Hoover Crips and the 59 Bounty Hunters Bloods.

Other sects of Tango Blast can be found in cities such as Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth and the Rio Grande Valley. The Dallas sect is referred to as D-Town, while the Fort Worth sect is referred to as Foros or Foritos.

Members have been identified committing crimes along the Texas - Mexico border and have worked with cartels.

Tango Blast has operations across the border

Members have been identified committing crimes along the Texas - Mexico border and have worked with cartels.

Photo: William Luther, Staff / San Antonio Express-News

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13 Things about the Houstone Tango Blast

Tango Blast works on "hybrid membership" in prisons

Authorities believe Tango Blast has increased its power in Texas prisons by allowing incarcerated criminals aligned with other gangs to join their ranks. As a result, members from smaller gangs can be a part of Tango Blast while in prison.

The Texas Department of Public Safety attributes Tango Blast's growing reach in Texas to the gang's establishment as a "self-protection group against more structured prison gangs." This approach has allowed Tango Blast to expand in the eastern and southern areas of Texas.

The gang operates heavily in East and South Texas The Texas... Photo-8081499.113022 - Houston Chronicle

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Nearly half of all gang members released from Texas prisons in 2015 have Tango Blast ties

According to authorities, approximately 4,200 gang members were released from Texas prisons in 2015. Members of Tango Blast and their associated cliques constituted nearly 40 percent of all gang members released.